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In reply to the discussion: Why we don't have to worry about Husted's Ohio idea (splitting up the EV) [View all]CreekDog
(46,192 posts)with 270 electoral votes.
i don't want that plan.
i want the Electoral College repealed. all the half-measures are fraught with risks that many people are not appreciating:
1) states might not vote as they say they will (faithless electors is a huge possibility)
2) states might vote differently because their legislature changes its mind
3) the whole way the election is to be decided is completely up in the air under the half-measures approach, maybe it will be by electoral college votes, the usual way, or maybe it will be by popular vote, or maybe some states will vote based on nationwide popular vote while other states do it the old way.
if we think our system is f-ed up now, try one of these Electoral Hybrid measures and see how badly it could really go!
Amend the constitution (yes, it's damned hard, maybe impossible) to put in Popular voting for president and accept nothing less.